‘Cause for hope’: Biden welcomes vaccine progress but warns ‘normal’ ‘still months away’

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Apparent President-elect Joe Biden hinted masks and physical distancing would still be necessary for the foreseeable future, despite Pfizer and BioNTech announcing one of its COVID-19 vaccine candidates had a 90%-plus success rate.

“I congratulate the brilliant women and men who helped produce this breakthrough and to give us such cause for hope,” Biden said Monday.

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